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- Alexander Witherspoon was listed on the roll of the Fourth Creek
Presbyterian Church.
In 1778 in Iredell District, Rowan Co., North Carolina, he was listed
in the tax list of Capt. Purviance.
In 1783 in Rowan Co., North Carolina: William Luckie to Alexander
Witherspoon, land on S. Fork of S. Yadkin River.
On 1 July 1784 Morgan District, Rowan Co., North Carolina, Alexander
Witherspoon entered a claim for nine pounds, two shillings, for
Revolutionary War militia service. His records states," North
Carolina, Morgan District, Receipt No. 400: This certifies that the
Board of Auditors have allowed Alexander Witherspoon nine pounds, two
shillings, for Militia Service agreeable to the list of Gen'l Spen
___, a just case made by ____ under our own hands this 1st day of July
178_. Jas. Miller, A.M. Erwin." ("Research & Records ", 1980-1988,
Margaret Miller (Corsicana, Texas) ,
Copy of unpublished manuscript to Linda Boyd Lawhon. Page 2 of
Alexander
Witherspoon, Sr. of Rowan & Iredell Co.s NC, Sumner & Wilson Cos,
Tenn.).
He appeared on the census of 1790 in Iredell County, North Carolina:
Alexander Wetherpoone 1m +16, 4m -16, 4 f.
On 28 December 1795 in Sumner County, Tennessee: Articles of
Agreement: John DeLoach and Thomas Thomas, Alexander Witherspoon,
Samuel Cross & William Leach for clearing title to 50 acres on W side
of Station on said DeLoach's land, leasing said land for 5 years.
Witnesses were John Sadler, Wm. Sadler, Jurat. DB1:304 This record
was recorded in the Minute Book of Sumner Co. Tennessee, July Term
1796, page 107 (Joyce Martin Murray, Sumner County, Tennessee Deed
Abstracts 1793-1805 (Wolfe City, Texas: Printed by Henington
Publishing Co., 1988, page 27.) (Miller, "Research & Records").
On 22 October 1796 in Sumner County, Tennessee: "This indenture made
this 22 day of October one thousand seven hundred ninety six between
Ambrose Mauldin of Logan Co. Ky on the one part, and Alexander
Witherspoon of Sumner Co. Tenn. on the other part, witnesseth that he,
the said Ambrose Mauldin for & in consideration of $200 to him in hand
paid by the said Alexander Witherspoon, conveys a parcel of land lying
in Sumner County on the waters of Red River...." Ambrose Mauldin.
Signed, sealed and delivered in presence of Wm. Dobbins, Jurat, John
Triplett. DB 1:348 This was recorded in the Minute Book, 1796, page
119 (Ibid., Copy of unpublished
manuscript to Linda Boyd Lawhon. Page 3 of Alexander Witherspoon, Sr.
of Rowan & Iredell Co.s NC, Sumner & Wilson Cos, Tenn.) (Murray,
Sumner County, Tennessee Deed, page 30.).
In 1801 in Sumner County, Tennessee:::, Alexander Witherspoon was
named with others to work on a road. (Minute Book 1801, July Term,
page 357) (Miller, "Research & Records".).
In 1802 in Sumner County, Tennessee:::, Alexander was allowed $31.50
for keeping an orphan. (Minute Book 1802, p. 324) (Ibid., Unpublished
manuscript, page 3.).
In 1804 in Smith's Fork, Wilson County, Tennessee: Alexander
appeared in Capt. Cannon's District #2 (Thomas E. Partlow, Tax Lists
of Wilson County, Tennessee, 1803-1807, Baltimore: Genealogical
Publishing )
Co., 1981), page 17.).
· On 25 March 1805 in Sumner County, Tennessee,::: Alexander
Witherpoon,
Williamson (sic) Co., Tennessee, to John Payne, $400, 200 acres on Red
River, part of a tract of 274 acres granted to Ambrose Mauldin, beg.
at cor
to Michael Cavit. Wit. Warren Payne, Jacob G. Young, Abrm B. Young.
(DB
4:97) (Joyce Martin Murray, Sumner County, Tennessee Deed Abstracts
1806-1817 (Wolfe City, Texas: Printed by Henington Publishing Co.,
1989),
page 7.).
· In 1806 in Smith's Fork, Wilson County, Tennessee,::::: Alexander
Witherspoon appeared in Capt. Leech's district (Partlow, Tax Lists of
Wilson, page 81.).
· On 15 February 1809 in Iredell County, North Carolina,::: William
Leatch,
Thomas Leach, Alexander Witherspoon, Samuel Cross, John Boyd Sr.,
Joseph
Bogle, and John Boyd Jr., legatees of John Leich, to William Hines of
Iredell Co., part of a tract originally granted to Samuel Woods, both
sides
of Muddy Fork of the Lower Little River, 640 acres, bearing the date
29 Oct
1782. Wits. William Reed, Thomas Mordak, William Smith (Black, Iredell
County, North Carolina, (citing Deed Book G:226).).
· Church Minutes: "1 Nov 1818 -- Died this day, Alexander
Witherspoon, a
member of this Congregation" (Miller, "Research & Records",
Unpublished
manuscript. She stated she got copies of the minutes from the
Historical
Foundation, Presbyterian Church, U.S., Montreat, North Carolina.
(Copies of
actual minutes to Linda Boyd Lawhon).).
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Abt 1750 - 1818 (68 years)